Mario

Summary

Mario is the main character and protagonist of the long-running and highly successful Mario series. He was created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and also serves as the main mascot of Nintendo. Mario made his first appearance as the protagonist of the arcade game Donkey Kong, released in 1981.

Since Super Mario Bros., his trademark abilities have been his jumping and stomping powers, with which he defeats most of his enemies, and his ability to gain powers with a plethora of items, such as the Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, and the Super Star. Games have usually portrayed Mario as a silent character without a distinct personality (Fortune Street is a notable exception).

According to Nintendo's philosophy, this allows Mario to fit in many different genres and roles. In most games, he is the hero that goes on an adventure to save Princess Peach from Bowser, but he has been shown doing many other activities besides adventuring, such as racing and sporting with his younger twin brother and others.

Attack Potency:Large Star level (Comparable to Yoshi and capable of fighting Antasma, who can overpower Dreamy Luigi and gain more power after absorbing him) | Varies from Large Star level to Galaxy level (Overpowered Bowser, who was wielding the Power Stars) | Multiverse level (The light equivalent of the Chaos Heart, which allowed him to defeat Super Dimentio after being empowered by it)

Range: Depends on the power-up. Standard melee range to Tens of meters with power-ups.

Standard Equipment: Hammer, F.L.U.D.D, and various power-up and items.

Intelligence: Above Average (Is known to possess a doctorate and several other occupations. He's also an experienced plumber and combatant expert)

Weaknesses: None notable

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

Jump: Mario jump on his opponent and crushes him/her with sheer strength. He can perform various jump techniques:

Spin Jump: Mario spins while jumping, allowing him to jump on spiky enemies and hazards such as buzzsaws. This move can also allow Mario to hover, slowly descend, deflect projectiles, and clear fogs and smoke. Using this move with the Fire or Ice Flower with make Mario scatter fireballs or ice balls in multiple directions.

Drill Spin: After using a Spin Jump or spinning in air, Mario will descend and spin much faster in a drill-like fashion with tremendous force. This attack does double damage on spiky enemies.

Super Jump Punch: Mario strikes the target multiple times with a punch while jumping.

Super Jump: Mario will jump multiple times on a single enemy at a quick rate. He can do this up to 100 times in a row.

Ultra Jump: This attack is not only more powerful than Super Jump, but it can attack multiple enemies at once.

Clone Jump: Mario will create clones of himself. He and his clones will then assault their foes with a super strong jump.

Expanded Triple Jump (Unofficial name): Mario will perform the Triple Jump. The final jump makes him invincible to enemies and attacks.

Iron-Ball Boots: An equipment that will occasionally make large iron balls plunge into his foes after Mario jumps on them.

Blazing Wall Jump: Mario's special move where he can execute wall jumps without any walls.

Hammer: Mario's weapon of choice that serves as a counterpart to his jumps. He brings out it and strikes the enemy with it, with the possible chance of making them dizzy.

Iron Hammer: Mario summons a giant iron hammer and hits the target with it. The force from the hit is powerful enough to leave a blazing trail on the target.

Iron-Ball Hammer: Mario strikes his target with his hammer and iron balls will occasionally fall on the opponent right after.

Hurlhammer: Mario hurls a hammer into the air that turns huge while plunging down and strikes all foes with super strong force that also hits flying foes.

Baahammer: Mario hits his opponents with his hammer which damages them and puts them to sleep afterward.

Blazehammer: Mario swings his hammer and unleashes a huge flame explosion that scorches most foes.

Chillhammer: Mario releases a frigid blast after slamming his hammer, freezing most foes with a powerful arctic chill.

Pyrokinesis: Mario can manipulate fire and perform various fire techniques without a fire flower in some games. Some of his techniques include:

Fireball: Mario will shoot a ball of fire from his hands. In Mario Kart: Double Dash, he can shoot up to five of them at once.

Firebrand: Taught by the Fire God. Mario charges fire energy in his palm and unleashes an explosive blast of flame on the enemies in close range. The fireballs from this move can be accumulated into a huge fireball for Mario to spike down on the target, inflicting a burn status upon the opponent.

Fire Orb: Mario fires an assault of small fireballs at his target.

Super Flame: Mario unleashes a barrage of large powerful fireballs from his fist.

Ultra Flame: Mario launch enormous and large fireballs that attack all foe onscreen. The entire surrounding glows red during the attack.

Fire Swing: Mario swings the weapon so fast that it catches on fire and then strikes the target with it. The target is then cloaked in fire afterward.

Fire Strike: Mario's Super Strike. He strikes the target with such speed and force, the receiving end will catch fire.

Fiery Metal Mario: Mario's Mega Strike. He jumps incredibly high in the air, turning into a fiery Metal Mario and then delivers a kick that has tremendous re-entry force.

Flip: Taught by Bestovius in Super Paper Mario. Mario flips into a realm called the "3D dimension", rending attack from enemies in the 2D realm useless and vice versa if he is in the 2D realm. However, he takes damage if he remains in the realm for long.

Magic Weapon: Mario forges a weapon of pure energy in shape of a hockey stick. It's only seen in Mario Sport Mix in a battle against the Behemoth.

Mario Tornado: Mario horizontally spins like a tornado, trapping opponents in a series of hits if they get caught.

Bye-Bye Cannon: After summoning a cannon and jumping in it, the cannon will fire clones of Mario and his ally that also jumped in. They attack the foe with a string of jumps and follow up with an assault of the stronger Spin Jump afterwards for maximum damage.

Jet Board Dash: Mario rides on a rocket-powered skateboard, building up it's speed. He then strikes the target with his hammer after reaching maximum speed.

Bomb Derby: Mario summons a stack of bombs to chuck at his foes with his hammer. This attack can lower enemies' attack power.

Cannonball Chuck: Mario summons a giant cannonball. He then swing and hurls at it toward his target, creating a shockwave from the impact.

Battle Cards: Mario can utilize cards with special effects to give himself an advantage in battle. Effects can range from increasing his attack, defense, and speed, doing the exact opposite to his opponent, recovering health, nullifying damage, or stopping time.

Zone Speed: Focusing his energy, Mario slows down the flow of time.

Spin Drill: Mario uses a drill to directly pierce through planets, dirt and enemies on his way (cannot drill through hard/un-drillable surfaces)

Power-ups: Mario can use several items which grant him several forms with special abilities which are stated in this list:

Fire Mario: Shoots fireballs of different sizes. The biggest ones are usually bigger than him.

Ice Mario: Freeze obstacles such as water or lava upon contact for some seconds(Super Mario Galaxy). Also shoot ice balls that can freeze enemies, fireballs, magical attacks(New Super Mario Bros Wii), and reduces their speed, defense, and attack power(Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time).

Mega Mario: Break almost anything, defeat enemies on contact, invincibility for a few seconds

Rock Mario: Encases Mario in a rock, making him able to crush enemies and granting the ability to destroy red crystals (who are harder than normal crystals)

White Tanooki Mario: This is basically the same item as the Tanooki leaf but with one major difference; it grants Mario Starman's one-hit kill ability, it also lacks the Starman's time limit so Mario is always in star/rainbow mode while using this item.

White Raccoon Mario: Similar to the White Tanooki power-up, with the only difference being its appearance and ability to walk on water.

Gold Mario: Fires enormous gold fireballs that create a shockwave explosion on contact instantly killing enemies and turning them into coins. It is also shown to increase attack damage and resistances to opponents attacks

Cat Mario: Grants the ability to climb walls, scratch enemies with claws, perform a dive bomb attack, and increase sprint speed. It has a variant called Lucky Cat Mario, where it has all of the same abilities and the additional power to turn into a gold invincible statue that has the Starman's one hit kill ability

Double Mario: Mario creates a clone of himself. He can spawn up to five of them.

Up and Away: Turns enemies into harmless stars and sends them into the sky.

Sweet Treat: Replenishes HP and FP, as well as curing all status effects.

Earth Tremor: This power creates an earthquake that can do damage against all enemies.

Clock Out: Immobilizes all enemies temporarily when successful.

Power Lift: Boosts attack and defense power for a short time.

Art Attack: Any amount of damage can be done depending on how many times encircled around the enemies. This attack pierces through defense.

Sweet Feast: Replenishes HP and FP, as well as, curing all status effects to a greater degree.

Showstopper: If, successful, destroys enemies in a single blow.

Supernova: This attack does damage to all enemies in a shattering explosion that pierces defenses.

Note: Despite the confusion of the Mario Bros franchise canon due to its 5th installment of the Mario and Luigi series, Paper Jam, several games such as Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Party 5, and other installment has made several connections to the Paper Mario franchise which establish the series to be part of same verse. It should be noted that the Paper Mario series has made several connections to other games as well with an interview of the creator confirming that the overall franchise having no canon to speak of. As such, the character that appears in the Paper Mario series is still the same character from other installments. For the stats on Paper Mario, who appeared in Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam, click here.